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From: "Ray Lee" <ray-lk@madrabbit.org>
To: "Paul Jackson" <pj@sgi.com>
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On 7/29/07, Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> wrote:
> Ray wrote:
> > Ah, so in a normal scenario where a working-set is getting faulted
> > back in, we have the swap storage as well as the file-backed stuff
> > that needs to be read as well. So even if swap is organized perfectly,
> > we're still seeking. Damn.
>
> Perhaps this applies in some cases ... perhaps.

Yeah, point taken: better data would make this a lot easier to figure
out and target fixes.

Ray